Pierre Picton owned the original road going (GEN 11) version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the 1970's until December 2011.

The original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car was then sold to a New Zealand owner for £495,415 (us$805,000).

Contrary to popular belief, well known DJ & TV Presenter Chris Evans has never owned either the Original Car or Registration, having purchased one of the five other Chitty Chitty Bang Bang film/prop cars! (This was given the road legal registration of 772 YUJ.)

Word Plates 'GO'Zero RegistrationThe Registration G 1 had already been taken by Robert J Smith, a founder member and the first secretary of the Royal Scottish Automobile Club. Later when the owner of G 1 was asked to donate the registration to the Lord Provost's of Glasgow's Car, this was refused and the council instead created and adopted the specially issued registration of G 0.

Word Plates 'GPO' (General Post Office)+ Number 1, Lowest Issue
The GPO series was originally reserved for use by the Post Office.
The 1st mobile Post Office vehicle was registered as GPO1 in 1936.
Soon followed by 2 more mobile Post Office vehicles GPO2 and GPO3.
The only surviving mobile Post Office being GPO2.